New Web Based OS: Xenon!

[SkittleLinux18]

I think the idea is that you can put your computer in your pocket, so to speak...

Yeah, but you still need a computer to access the Web-based OS. You might as well have it installed on the computer you're using.

[Manchunian]

There are times that I'd like to switch on my computer at work and find everything as it is at home: all my files; all my games, videos and music; all the favourites in my web browser; all my preferences, my wallpaper...not to mention to be able to use Linux rather than Windows. And sometimes I'd like all of this not just on one computer but on any computer wherever I am in the world. With Web based computers you get to do just this. Try Ulteo and you'll see the potential. I say "potential" because it's still a long way from being complete.

NB - I must add that I'm still very much in favour of keeping everything on my computer at home. What happens when the Internet is down? Can I really trust an external company like Microsoft with all my personal data? But that's just me - the point is that computing is developing in that direction and if Linux doesn't keep up it's going to rapidly lose out, once again, to Microsoft.

[dandart]

> You might as well have it installed on the computer you're using.

Yes, you can do that if you want, it's optional. The Web bit is primarily for making the system faster, and secondarily for keeping your settings the same on all computers you use.

> What happens when the Internet is down?

That's a problem I've addressed already, in that in the optional Linux base there will be a local installation of Apache/another httpd that will run regardless of internet connection. It will save your settings and sync them with the Internet when it has a chance to.

We now need just a system of trust, like encryption of all your data or something. No one can trust anyone else with their data.

[SkittleLinux18]

There are times that I'd like to switch on my computer at work and find everything as it is at home: all my files; all my games, videos and music; all the favourites in my web browser; all my preferences, my wallpaper...not to mention to be able to use Linux rather than Windows. And sometimes I'd like all of this not just on one computer but on any computer wherever I am in the world. With Web based computers you get to do just this. Try Ulteo and you'll see the potential. I say "potential" because it's still a long way from being complete.

NB - I must add that I'm still very much in favour of keeping everything on my computer at home. What happens when the Internet is down? Can I really trust an external company like Microsoft with all my personal data? But that's just me - the point is that computing is developing in that direction and if Linux doesn't keep up it's going to rapidly lose out, once again, to Microsoft.

Well, this is what makes Linux so great! It's an OS of choice! I was researching EyeOS, and the thing I really liked about that OS is you can even host your own server with it. Where I already have a dedicated server box at home, I might be interested in this.

[Manchunian]

dadart: with every reply you write, I get more interested in your project! It sounds really great! I hope you manage to get together enough people to help you get it to work!

[schwim]

It's the future - apparently. Microsoft is developing something on those lines.

Disco was once the future.

thanks,
json

[dandart]

> Disco was once the future.
Haha. Wit.

Manchunian's "rant": Thanks, and fantastic! I hope you will all join me in my effort to create this system. I have 2 devs already, and the more the merrier! I'd love more people to join us, to give ideas, dev time. graphics, icons, anything they can please, to help make this project a success!

[schwim]

> Disco was once the future.
Haha. Wit.

Hey. Sarcasm.

In fact, what I said wasn't intended as wit. There's a lot of things that were the future that ended up being folly. Requiring a high speed connection simply to reach your OS and trusting the cloud to not screw with it, lose it or access it, in my incredibly humble and admittedly ignorant opinion, is folly.

Much like disco.

[Manchunian]

Disco was once the future.

And Vanity once confidently predicted that Rock 'n' Roll would "be over in June."

There's a lot of things that were the future that ended up being folly.

And there are a lot of inventions that were once scoffed as folly that we now can't imagine doing without. Light bulbs, for instance, televisions, computers, radio and...um, yes, computers: «There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.» said the founder of the Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977.

[schwim]

Sorry manchunian, I'm not going to respond as I have already made my point.

Hey, that works great!